# MPhys Projects

## Experimental

- Advanced Manufacturing for Bioengineering Applications
    - Dr Scott Lewis (scott.lewis@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Using e-beam lithography to create structures for building synthetic biological cells
        - learn to use e-beam lithography
        - fabricate resist material that works at low res
        - use python to convert SEM scans of kidneys to something lithographable
        - lithograph it
        - fill it with cells?
    - Pros
        - Really cool
        - Bioengineering!
        - Nice mix of doing stuff and programming stuff
    - Cons
        - Bit matieralsy? Not necessarily a bad thing
        - What if we can't fabricate the material?
        - Not very theoretical

- Securing the Future of Moore's Law
    - Dr Scott Lewis (scott.lewis@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Fabricate better materials fo use with Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
        - learn to use EUVL
        - make a material based on monte-carlo designs of electron scattering
        - test it
    - Pros
        - Pretty cool
    - Cons
        - Not as cool as above

- Quantitation in MALDI Mass Spec
    - Dr Adam McMahon (adam.mcmahon@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Try to improve precision of MALDI techniques
    - Pros
        - Pretty cool
        - Biophys
        - Programming to simulate optics sounds neat
        - Christie-based
    - Cons
        - Don't know much chemistry. Dan might.
        - Christie-based
        - Not very theoretical

- Building control and data-acquisition systems for undergrad experiments
    - Prof Andrew Murray (andrew.murray@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Dr Matthew Harvey (matthew.harvey@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Using Arduinos to make undergrad lab not shit
    - Pros
        - Doing actual work to fix exactly what I always say is wrong with undergrad labs
        - Plenty of programming
    - Cons
        - Andy Murray may still think I'm an idiot
        - Not very theoretical
        - Not necessarily very physicsy either

- Fractal structures in urban development
    - Dr Ingo Dierking (ingo.dierking@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Using fractal dimension techniques to study the shape of urban developments in different continents and different types of cities like rapidly-grown ones versus old ones aaaaugh
    - Pros
        - Oh my god it's fractals and cities and doing maths to history and it's like all of my favourite things came down and birthed a lab project
        - Plenty of opportunity for data-vis, I reckon
        - Image processing to automate fractal dimension-counting, maybe?
    - Cons
        - Does it not having a C next to it mean he doesn't anticipate/want much computering?

- Measuring the tactile input to the brain from whiskers
    - Dr Tom Waigh (t.a.waigh@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Using models and video of animal whiskers to understand how they deform and correlating this to electrical impulses to better understand the "world-brain interface"
    - Pros
        - Programming!
        - Biomechanics!
    - Cons
        - Not theoretical at all

- Observing Matter/Antimatter differences in Charm
- Lepton Flavour Violation at LHCb
    - Prof Christ Parkes (chris.parkes@cern.ch)
    - Different projects but both use ROOT to do particley stuff. First one looks fairly similar to 3rd yar
    - Pros
        - Can already use ROOT
    - Cons
        - Means we have to use ROOT (might get to try using python instead though)
        - Need to convince Chris we're not still idiots
        - Probably quite contested by PPRSC nerds

- First LHCb Analysis for CERN Open Data Portal
    - Prof Chris Parkes (chris.parkes@cern.ch)
    - Design a research project for cool teens based on our 3rd-year lab project
    - Pros
        - Very cool and outreachey
        - Have work published on CERN website if successful!
    - Cons
        - Probably hotly contested by PPRSC nerds
        - Need to convince Chris we're not still idiots

## Theoretical projects

- Stochastic dynamics of cancer evolution
    - Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Michael's thing!
    - Pros
        - Plenty of cool programming for the stochastic tunnelling
        - Cool stats
        - Tobias!
        - Curing cancer

- Evolutionary multi-player games in switching environments
    - Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Game theory multi-player thingy, bunch of stochastic stuff
    - Pros
        - Cool stochastic programming
        - Tobias!
    - Cons
        - Don't understand a bloody word of it

- Idiots in a queue
    - Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Queueing theory simulations
    - Pros
        - Qualify us for jobs at disneyland
        - Plenty o' programming
        - Tobias!
        - Opportunity for analytical approach also
    - Cons
        - Looses out on the Cool Factor

- Plasma Wakefield Acceleration (M)
    - Dr Guoxing Xia (guoxing.xia@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Dr Oznur Mete (oznur.mete@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Analysing and simulating physics in wakefield accelerators
    - Pros
        - Bunch of different aspects to study
        - Exceedingly cool next-gen-accelerator stuff
        - Analytical and programming segments
    - Cons
        - Wasn't planning on taking Frontiers, might not have to though

- Particle-in-cell computer simulation of a plasma (M)
    - Prof Philippa Browning (p.browning@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Simulating a plasma
    - Pros
        - Fairly straightforward-sounding model-construction in language of our choice
        - Philippa's pretty cool
    - Cons
        - Don't know much about plasmas

- "Avalanche" modelling of solar flares
    - Prof Philippa Browning (p.browning@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Simulating circumstances leading to solar flares
    - Pros
        - Statistical model programming's always fun
        - Philippa's pretty cool
    - Cons
        - Don't know much about plasmas

- Time evolution in quantum mechanics and high frequency stabilisation of atoms (M)
    - Prof Niels Walet (niels.walet@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Using FFTs to time-evolve quantum systems computationally
    - Pros
        - FFTs are very cool
        - Plenty o' programming
        - Niels is scary but I like him

- Quantum Chaology (M)
    - Prof Niels Walet (niels.walet@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Computationally studying two different models for quantum chaos
    - Pros
        - Sweet jesus this is a sexy-looking project
        - Plenty o' programming
        - Niels is scary but I like him
        - Let me re-emphasise how sexy this looks
    - Cons
        - It also looks completely terrifying

- Modelling The Variable Radio Emission from Star Forming Regions In Our Galaxy (A)
    - Prof Gary Fuller (g.fuller@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Identifying and modelling the way stars of different types emit radio
    - Pros
        - Sounds pretty useful
        - Opportunity for fun data-vis?
    - Cons
        - Gary (might well be better one-on-one though)

- Water flow in confined nano graphene channels
    - Dr Jichen Li (j.c.li@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Simulating water diffusion through graphene channels of various shapes and sizes in order to understand biological nanostructues
    - Pros
        - As ways to apply nanoscience to biology go, this is a pretty cool one
        - Graphene is pretty sexy too
    - Cons
        - Unclear if actual physical graphene is involved
        - Full year only

- Predicting and understanding of heart diseases and heart vessels problems
    - Dr Jichen Li (j.c.li@Manchester.ac.uk)
    - Prof HG Zhang (h.zhang- 3@manchester.ac.uk)
    - Fouriering ECG graphs to predict heart defects
    - Pros
        - Medical awesomeness
        - Would love to try programming with fouriers
        - May discover heart defects in selves